Hair cutting aid



Oct. 11, 1966 R. M. KORST HAIR CUTTING AID Filed March 20, 1964INVENTOR. IQICHARD M. KORST BY 'J I, M141 J M I 1 $770 M ajlttg s UnitedStates Patent "ice 3,277,902 HAIR CUTTRNG AID Richard M. Korst,Hillcrest Shopping Center, Joliet, 111. Filed Mar. 20, 1964, Ser. No.353,429 1 Claim. (Cl. 132-150) This invention relates to hair cuttingaccessories, and more particularly to a guide for use by a barber whilecutting hair.

Barbers and hair stylists generally use an ordinary straight comb as aguide during the cutting of a persons hair. However, since most mens andwomens hair is cut to curve with the configuration of their head, astraight comb must be manipulated back and forth a great many timesduring the cutting operation thereby needlessly consuming unnecessarytime and effort. Similarly, a hair stylist is called upon regularly tocut hair in any one of a variety of styles in fashion at any particulartime, especially with regard to womens hair, but there is no comparablevariety of hair cutting guides from which to choose.

It is a general object of this invention to provide a new and improvedhair cutting guide.

It is another general object of this invention to provide a new andimproved hair cutting guide to facilitate and speed up the cutting ofhair.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a new and improvedtool for use while cutting hair which will insure that the hair cut onopposite sides of the head will always be of uniform curvature.

It is yet another object of this invention to provide a new and improvedhair trimming aid adapted to facilitate the cutting and blending of hairinto a variety of styles.

It is still a further object to provide a guide to facilitate thecutting of hair comprising a curved comb portion and a handle portionconveniently positioned for use by one person while cutting the hair ofanother person.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become readilyapparent from the following detailed description taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the hair cutting guide in use;

FIG. 2 is a view of one side of the hair cutting guide showing thecurvature of the comb portion;

FIG. 3 is a view taken generally about the line 33 of FIG. 2; and

FIG. 4 is a view taken generally about the line 4-4 of FIG. 2.

While an illustrative embodiment of the invention is shown in thedrawings and will be described in detail herein, the invention issusceptible of embodiment in many different forms, and it should beunderstood that the present disclosure is to be considered as anexemplification of the principles of the invention and is not intendedto limit the invention to the embodiment illustrated. The scope of theinvention will be pointed out in the appended claim.

Referring now to the drawings in more detail. the invention is showngenerally at and serves as a hair cutting guide for a barber. hairstylist or other person while clipping hair as with a clipper 12, as canbe seen in FIG. 1, or with some other hair cutting device.

This tool or guide 10 consists generally of a bent or curved combportion 14 and a handle or shank portion 16 attached to one end 18 ofthe comb portion as bv a screw 20.

The comb portion 14 consists generally of an elongate 3,277,902 PatentedOct. 11, 1966 backing element 22 having a plurality of parallel andspaced teeth 24 extending perpeendicularly therefrom and formedintegrally therewith. Attachment portion 22 is arcuately curved about apoint 26 which lies in a plane generally perpendicular to the length ofthe teeth 24, the radius of curvature 28 being roughly equivalent to theradius of curvature of a human head. The comb portion 14 as shown in thedrawings subtends an angle 39 of about 60 about the point 26, however,other angles between 45 and may be also be used. Preferably, the backingelement and teeth are integrally molded of plastic in the shape andconfiguration shown, but it is to be understood that any suitablematerial is within the contemplation of the invention as well asindividually mounted teeth.

Handle portion 16 is generally cylindrical in shape and of a convenientdiameter and length, having rounded or bevelled ends 32. The handle 16is mounted at one end of backing portion 14 extending generallyperpendicularly and outwardly from the backing portion with a slightangle 36 from the plane of the angle 30, as can be seen in FIG. 4. It isto be understood that handle 16 may be a separate element and attachedto the comb portion as by means 20, or it may be integrally formed withthe comb.

In operation, it can be seen in FIG. 1 that the hair cutting guide 10may be drawn through the hair allowing the end portions which are to becut to project through the teeth 24. However, because the curvature ofthe comb portion 14 conforms to the shape of the head, an equal amountof hair projects through all of the slots separating the comb teeth 24,and all of this hair may be out without further movement of the guide10. It will be understood that a barber or hair stylist who works onopposite sides 38 and 40 of a persons head at diiferent times is able toout both sides of his hair to the same profile curvature withoutunnecessary movement back and forth or reference to a mirror.

I claim:

A hair cutting guide consisting of a comb having an elongated backingelement with a plurality of parallel teeth extending transverse of thebacking element, said backing element being curved about a point in aplane generally perpendicular to the teeth and in a radius generally thesame as a human head, thereby conforming to the shape of a head, tofacilitate the even cutting of the hair when drawn therethrough, saidbacking element having an angular extent between about 45 to 90 aboutsaid point; and an elongate, slender handle extending outwardly fromonly one end of said backing element and in a direction generallyopposite to said point, said handle having a length sufficient to berotated in the hand of a barber, generally about the handle axis withthe guide lying generally along the head during rotation, to facilitatemanipulation of the teeth of the guide through the hair.

References tlited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 567,910 9/1886Mathews l3245 X 1,633,893 6/1927 Hymer 13215O 2,029,792 2/1936 Pluchino13245 X 2,035,667 3/1936 Payes et al. 13215O 2,175,312 10/1939 Redmonl32150 2,202,672 5/1940 Price 132-l50 X RICHARD A. GAUDET, PrimaryExaminer.

R. L. FRINKS, Assistant Examiner.

